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physiology
1. The branch of biology that deals with the internal workings of living things, including functions such as metabolism, respiration, and reproduction, rather than with their shape or structure.
2. The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.
3. All the functions of a living organism or any of its parts.
4. The way a particular body or organism works.

This is a branch of medical science that deals with the healthy functions of different organs, and the changes that the whole body undergoes in the course of its activities.

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plant physiology (s) (noun), plant physiologies (pl)
That branch of botanical sciences that strives to understand how the vegetable life lives and functions: The primary objective of plant physiology is to explain the life processes of plants with a limited number of comprehensive principles that exist in chemistry, physics, and mathematics.

In agreement with the major characteristics of organisms plant physiology is usually divided into:

  • The nutrition and metabolism of plants that deals with the uptake, transformations, and release of materials, and also their movements within and between the cells and organs of the plant.
  • The environment of plants which strives to understand the various responses of plants to the environment.
  • The part of the environment that deals with the effects of and adaptations to adverse conditions is called stress physiology.
—Compiled and based on information as seen in
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Bioscience;
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.; 2002.
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physiology
The scientific study of the functions, activities, and processes of living things.
physiology
The study of the life processes that go on within animals.
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